Chegem (russian: Чеге́м; kbd, Шэджэм; krc, Чегем, ''Çegem'') is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Chegemsky District
Chegemsky District (russian: Чеге́мский райо́н; kbd, Шэджэм къедзыгъуэ; krc, Чегем район, ''Çegem rayon'') is an administrativeLaw #12-RZ and a municipalLaw #13-RZ district (raion), one of the ten in t ...
of the
Kabardino-Balkar Republic
The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика, ''Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika''; kbd, Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, ''Ķêbêrdej-Baĺķêr Respublik ...
,
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
, located north of
Nalchik
Nalchik (russian: Нальчик, p=ˈnalʲtɕɪk; Kabardian: //; krc, Нальчик //) is the capital city of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Russia, situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about northwe ...
, at the elevation of about . Population:
History
Originally called Chegem Pervy (), it was granted
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
status in 1972. In 2000, it was granted town status and renamed Chegem.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Chegem serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
of
Chegemsky District
Chegemsky District (russian: Чеге́мский райо́н; kbd, Шэджэм къедзыгъуэ; krc, Чегем район, ''Çegem rayon'') is an administrativeLaw #12-RZ and a municipalLaw #13-RZ district (raion), one of the ten in t ...
, to which it is directly subordinated.
[Law #12-RZ] As a
municipal division, the
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of Chegem is incorporated within Chegemsky Municipal District as Chegem Urban Settlement.
[Law #13-RZ]
Demographics
Population:
Ethnic composition
As of the 2002 Census, the ethnic distribution of the population was:
*
Kabardins
The Kabardians (Kabardian Adyghe dialect, Highland Adyghe: Къэбэрдей адыгэхэр; West Adyghe dialect, Lowland Adyghe: Къэбэртай адыгэхэр; russian: Кабардинцы) or Kabardinians are one of the twelve ma ...
: 81.7%
*
Balkars: 12.5%
*
Russians
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118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate)
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: 3.4%
*Other ethnicities: 2.4%
References
Notes
Sources
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External links
Official website of ChegemChegem Business Directory
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Cities and towns in Kabardino-Balkaria